Life, 1912-10-03 · page 14 of 56
Life — October 3, 1912 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical predictions ("To-morrow's News") mocking various social issues of the era, including factory labor conditions, maritime safety, and marital infidelity. The main cartoon titled "Thoughts for Theatregoers" depicts well-dressed patrons at what appears to be a theater entrance, with the caption suggesting they bring useful gifts instead of flowers—a jab at theater culture and perhaps gender expectations around courtship rituals. Below is a sketch labeled "A Nervous 'Break-Down'" showing a man in distress on what appears to be a diving board or platform, satirizing anxiety or nervous conditions—likely reflecting late-Victorian concerns about modern stress. The "Amateur Night" cartoon shows a performer struggling with an instrument, mocking amateur theatrical performances. Overall, the page uses humor to critique contemporary social customs, gender relations, labor practices, and urban life in 1898 America.
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AMATEUR ATEUR| much | 1898 To-morrow’s News A LADY who is working ten hours a day in a factory. at eight cents an hour, will become ill and thereby lose her job. An excursion steamer will leave New York Harbor containing more passengers than the law permits and with inadequate appliances for saving life in ‘ident. A charming young widow who, about a year a utterly prostrated by grief over her husband’s loss, and who refused to be comforted, will marry again. Several large corporations in roundabout ways, and with the utmost care to avoid publicity, will contribute to campaign funds. \ number of respectable people from the West and outh, on pleasure bent, will be robbed in New York. Mayor Gaynor will denounce somebody. A young married man, who has a small salary and a pretty wife, will be betrayed by a friend A well-known and popular actress, who has married a young fellow whom she happened to fancy, will tell him flatfootedly that she will not give him another cent. A certain gentleman, having previously engaged parlor- car seats in a railroad train, will be told at the last moment that they have not been held for him, and he will be forced to shift for himself. A gentleman whose name will appear in all of the New York papers will complain to a friend that the story is incorrect in every particular and gives a totally wrong Also, a lady will say the same thing. impression. A NERVOUS “ BREAK-DOWN ” LiPe THOUGHTS FOR THEATREGOERS INSTEAD OF FLOWERS, WHICH FADE 1N NO TIME, WHY Not PRESENT YOUR FAVORITES WITH SOMETHING US ? EPUL ? Life’s Fresh Air Fund Live’s Frese Are Fi In that time it has e. +P nded $133,340.25 and has gi the country to 33.737 poor city: children The Fund ii supported entirely by bequests and voluntary con tributions, which are ack ledged tn this column, exo has been in operation twenty-five years en a fortnight in Previously acknowledged. +$10,037.7 RoM. Dy. aed “Proceeds of a store kept by Cynthia and ‘Alfred Frazer * 3:50 A. Tuckerman... . . $.00 Wm. J. Pitchford 7:38 $10,103. 3 ANDALL: I've written an article on “Why Men Do Not Marry,” and illustrated it with photographs of dreadful looking, strong-minded women. Where did you get the picture: DALL: They're wives of the men I know Roa Ra I * the other half are living on the menus printed in the women’s magazines they are deserving of sympathy. comicbooiie uJ